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The Shirt You Don’t Have to Wash—and Other Clothes that Rarely Get Too Dirty
By Beth Greenfield
Laundry: like it or loathe it, it’s got to get done. Or does it? Maybe not, if the creator of a new no-wash shirt has his way.
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Clothing company Wool & Prince, founded in New York City by entrepreneur Mac Bishop, has developed the “better button-down,” a tailored men’s shirt that can be worn for 100 days straight with “No washing. No dry cleaning. No wrinkles. No odor.” Funding has come from a Kickstarter campaign, which had already pulled in more than $167,000 on Tuesday—putting it $135,000 past its goal way before its May 22 deadline. While the retail price has yet to be announced, shirts are available to Kickstarter investors for $98 each.
Time unveils its 100 Most Influential People list
Ann Oldenburg
It’s time for the Time 100, Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
For the first time, the issue, unveiled today and hitting newsstands Friday, features seven separate covers, each featuring a member of the list. Jennifer Lawrence, Jay-Z, Elon Musk (CEO and founder, SpaceX; co-founder, Tesla Motors and PayPal), Sen. Rand Paul and teen activist Malala Yousafzai each appear solo on the five domestic split covers. Internationally, Li Na and Aamir Khan are also featured along with some of the U.S. covers.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mentor Joe Weider Dies
By Megan Garvey
Joe Weider, who made millions from a fitness empire and mentored a young Austrian bodybuilder who went on to become a major movie star and governor of California, has died.
Weider, 93, passed away Saturday of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles, according to a news release. The multimillion-dollar publishing empire he built included Muscle and Fitness, Flex, Shape, and Men’s Fitness magazines.
His death was marked by his protege Arnold Schwarzenegger, who called Weider “the godfather of fitness.”
Microsoft wants to be more like Apple, plans to launch more own-brand devices
By Dan Graziano
Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer on Tuesday published his annual letter to shareholders and revealed a new direction for the world’s largest software company. In addition to the Xbox and upcoming Surface tablet, Ballmer hinted that Microsoft may build more own-brand devices in the future. “There will be times when we build specific devices for specific purposes, as we have chosen to do with Xbox and the recently announced Microsoft Surface,” he wrote. BGR exclusively reported earlier this month that the Redmond, Washington-based company plans to release its own Windows Phone 8 smartphone in the coming months.
Microsoft is interested in tightly integrating its high-quality software with its own high-quality devices, similar to what Apple (AAPL) has done for years. The CEO noted that the company doesn’t plan to abandon its partners anytime soon, however.
Bear Grylls making competition series for NBC
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Bear Grylls will soon have some company on his in-the-wild adventures.
NBC said Monday that it is making a competition series with Grylls. He is the former star of Discovery’s “Man vs. Wild” series that tested his survival skills in foreboding settings
The NBC series, “Get Out Alive,” is planned for airing next summer. In it, Grylls will guide two teams in adventures. He says competitors will learn survival skills and teamwork but will have to suffer some pain before being rewarded in the end.
Grylls is co-producing the series with Electus, the studio run by former NBC entertainment chief Ben Silverman.
Givenchy, Hermes and Celine get elegant at Paris Fashion Week
PARIS — True style doesn’t try too hard.
That was the statement at Paris Fashion Week, alarmingly simple, but proved in a number of ready-to-wear presentations Sunday which heralded a move towards clean, simplified elegance.
Celine designer Phoebe Philo — at the top of her game — produced a chic display, effortlessly.
Three years after the lauded Briton’s Celine debut, she delivered a strong show, which evoked her boho-bourgeois style in soft silhouettes with subtle architecture.
Justin Timberlake’s Hip New Myspace Looks Awfully Familiar
Kirsten Acuna
It’s been more than a year since Chris and Tim Vanderhook bought the floundering Myspace for $35 million from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (remember Murdoch paid $580 million for the site in ’05), and we’re finally getting a peek at the brothers’ investment.
The duo and investor Justin Timberlake debuted the new site last night in Los Angeles delivering a sleek, much-needed makeover to what once was THE go-to social venue.
The design falls somewhere in between a marriage of Pinterest mixed with the new USA Today redesign.
Sony Unleashes a Number of RX1 Photos Showing the Power of Full Frame
Michael Zhang
Sony made huge ripples in the camera industry earlier this month by announcing a compact camera with a full frame sensor: the RX1. The camera features a bokehlicious 35mm f/2 Carl Zeiss lens, a super compact size, and a price tag of $2,800 that broke many a photographer’s heart.
For those of you who are wondering how the fusion of compact and full frame performs, Sony has uploaded a number of full-resolution sample photographs. Pixel-peepers, prepare to gawk in amazement at the quality that’s now possible with fixed lens compact cameras. See here >>
J.K. Rowling’s Personal Struggle With OCD Informed New Novel, The Casual Vacancy
By THEA TRACHTENBERG and LAUREN SHER
J.K. Rowling’s new novel is called The Casual Vacancy, but it might as well be called Great Expectations. It’s been five years since the last blockbuster Harry Potter book was released and millions of fans around the world have been anxiously anticipating Rowling’s next book.
“I’ve written other things during that time, but on and off for five years, that’s been my priority,” Rowling, 47, said in an exclusive and rare interview for television with “Nightline” co-anchor Cynthia McFadden in Edinburgh, Scotland. “I think I’ve been surprised by the fact that Harry hasn’t left me to the degree that I thought he would. And I’m quite glad about that.”
Rowling’s Potter books have been published in 73 languages, sold more than 450 million copies, spawned popular film spin-offs, and made her the first billionaire author.
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